Folk Dance of the Li Nationality

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Event Folk Dance of the Li Nationality
Venue Palace Theatre, Singapore, Singapore
Umbrella Event Singapore Festival of Arts 1984
First Date 20 June 1984
Last Date 24 June 1984
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The Li nationality, who inhabit the Quzhi Shan (Five-Finger Mountain) region of Hainan, have a wide repertoire of folk songs and colourful folk dances. Their folk dances, noted for their grace and distinctive style, have been established as a dance form in its own right in the wide spectrum of national dances in China. Program includes March The Third, Happiness is Delivering Grain, Dawn in the Rubber Plantation, Straw Hat Dance, Morning of Mate-Choosing Day, Home from a Long Voyage, The Mirror, Treading the Waves, The Story of the Village, Heroes Who Brave Blazing Fires, Bamboo Dance and Catching Spiral Shells.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Song
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Chen Qiao Art Director
Wang Chengyao Assistant Director Deputy Leader
Liu Xuanliang Assistant Director Deputy Leader
Zhang Xucheng Conductor
Chen Chuang Designer
Song Wenfu Director Leader
Wen Qide Lighting Designer
Meng Fazhen Stage Manager
Text Nationality China
Production Nationality China
Further Information See program for list of principal artists
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Singapore Arts Festival 1984
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211897